Successful Panamerican Judo Tour Wraps Up in Lima, Peru

Panamerican Judo Tour was successfully held in Lima

In the midst of an authentic and sensational sporting event, the Lima 2024 Junior Pan American Cup was successfully held, with the participation of the best exponents of continental judo at the Videna Sports Center 1. In the tournament that successfully closed the Pan American Tour, Brazil won the largest number of gold medals with a total of ten, and representatives from Mexico, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Puerto Rico, Paraguay and Uruguay also shined on the tatami.

The Peruvian Driulys Rivas (-52kg) closed an excellent participation, beating Constanza San Martin from Chile and the Brazilian Mariana Rocha in the preliminary round to finally win the bronze medal.

It should be noted that Rivas celebrated these achievements with her family, as she won two medals on the Pan American Tour: she won the beach medal at the Pan American Open and bronze at the Junior Pan American Cup, her sister Victoria Rivas also took bronze in Cadets (-52 kgs), while her cousins ​​Santiago León (-50kgs) and Carla León (-48kgs) took gold and bronze in Cadets, respectively.

Panamerican Judo Tour was successfully held in Lima

Let us remember that Peru had an impressive performance at the Lima 2024 Cadet Pan American Cup, winning 14 medals: 3 gold, 6 silver and 5 bronze on the impressive tatami of Videna Sports Center 1, which featured the participation of judoka from Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile, Ecuador and Peru.

At the Pan American Open, Peru won 1 gold medal, 4 silver medals and 2 bronze medals. Camila Figueroa (-78kg) won the gold medal and the national judokas Franco Baltazar (-66kg), Driulys Rivas (-52kg), Marian Flores (-57kg) and Frank Mayer (-100kg) won the silver medal. Meanwhile, Javier Saavedra (-73kg) and Hilary Lam (-63kg) won bronze medals.

Peru had an overall outstanding and encouraging performance looking ahead. This is evidence of the great work of the team led by sensei María Martínez, president of the National Sports Federation of Judo, who stood out for her level of work in organization and logistics.

Panamerican Judo Tour was successfully held in Lima

A successful Judo Refereeing Seminar was held in the capital as part of the “Panamerican Judo Tour” Lima 2024 at Polideportivo 1 de Legado in Videna. There were 105 participants, including coaches, referees and officials from 18 countries such as Argentina, the United States, Mexico, Honduras, Peru, Costa Rica, Kenya, the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Brazil, Canada, El Salvador, Cuba, Chile, Argentina and Guatemala. The Peruvian Judo Sports Federation led by sensei María Martínez thanked all the participants for their commitment and discipline.

Florín Daniel Lascau, former world judo champion and current director of the IJF (International Judo Federation) Refereeing Commission, met in the capital to conduct and lead the Seminar where various combat situations held at major events such as the Tokyo Olympics, the Baku World Championships and the Portugal Grand Slam were visualized and presented.

For Peru, among others, the coaches Angelo Acosta, Yuliana Bolívar, Kenji Castillo, Jesús Gavidia, Dilmer Calle, Vladimir Armenteros and also the brand new international referee Lesly Huamán were present. Among the foreigners who participated in this important Seminar were the referees Leonardo Aguirre (Argentina), Lucas Freitas (Brazil), Jennifer Parker (Canada), Juan Minier (Dominican), Samuel Suyehira, James Sternick (USA), Manuel San Juan (Puerto Rico), Javier Terra (Uruguay), Manuel Larrañaga (Mexico), José Ordóñez (Honduras), among others.

Panamerican Judo Tour was successfully held in Lima

“These are real situations that have occurred at major events and they help us to update and add to our knowledge,” said Sensei Angelo Acosta, one of the 26 Peruvian participants in the Refereeing Course. The event began on Tuesday, June 25 with a marathon session from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and ended on Wednesday, June 26 with the closing ceremony at 8:00 p.m., after an intense day of work.

2024-06-28 02:17:12
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